Hurricane in Europe

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3161136,00.html

Hurricane Emma hits Germany and Austria, four dead

A powerful storm passing through central Europe has killed two people in Germany and four in Austria. Hurricane Emma has been lashing parts of Germany with winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and has caused millions of Euros in damages. Air services have been disrupted and felled trees have blocked a number of motorways and railway tracks. One man in Bavaria was killed on his motorcycle when he was blown into oncoming traffic. Another man in the western region of Westerwald was killed by a falling tree. A train also collided with a felled tree near the city of Bonn, injuring only the driver. However, hurricane Emma has so far caused less damage than had been feared, and has been much weaker than last year's hurricane Kyrill, which killed 40 people across Europe including 11 in Germany.

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM POLSKA!
Lightning:
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/9538,21,10,pokaz.html
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/9538,21,0,pokaz.html
Damage:
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/9538,21,5,pokaz.html
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/9538,21,6,pokaz.html
Wind?:
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/9538,21,3,pokaz.html

Hal1

What the freak is that last pic about :eek:

sunset

Just in case someone returns to this thread it is worth pointing out that hurricane force winds are not the same as a hurricane weather system. The latter will have a deep rotating structure with a warm core, without strong wind shear through the atmosphere (which would otherwise fragment the upper part of the storm). Our severe wind storms typically have a very strong wind shear as wind speeds increase dramatically with height - an environment in which the hurricane structure could not survive. Of course the media would not know the difference and they will dramaticallly spread their misunderstanding across their pages and on TV etc. Winds are described as being at hurricane force when they reach Beaufort force 12 (64 knots). But this does not make it a hurricane. However, this is splitting hairs when it comes to experiencing the desructive power of such a storm. It is aweful (in every sense) to live through such conditions. My sympathies have to eb to those who do.

oh booo kill joy

of course we know there was no hurricane in Europe it was an eye catching headline :D:D

nacho libre

Hal1 wrote: »

What the freak is that last pic about :eek:

It looks like a stealth fighter jet crashing:pac:

nacho libre

sunset wrote: »

Just in case someone returns to this thread it is worth pointing out that hurricane force winds are not the same as a hurricane weather system. The latter will have a deep rotating structure with a warm core, without strong wind shear through the atmosphere (which would otherwise fragment the upper part of the storm). Our severe wind storms typically have a very strong wind shear as wind speeds increase dramatically with height - an environment in which the hurricane structure could not survive. Of course the media would not know the difference and they will dramaticallly spread their misunderstanding across their pages and on TV etc. Winds are described as being at hurricane force when they reach Beaufort force 12 (64 knots). But this does not make it a hurricane. However, this is splitting hairs when it comes to experiencing the desructive power of such a storm. It is aweful (in every sense) to live through such conditions. My sympathies have to eb to those who do.

It seems quite a while since we had winds beyond violent storm force eleven.